Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2016

98 Points | WS
“Offers forthcoming aromas and flavors of blackberry, blackcurrant, licorice, tobacco and vanilla backed by vivid acidity with dusty tannins, with a long, saline finish. Showing enough fruit and structure to absorb the oakiness overtime, this is a balanced overall and poised for promising future.” - Wine Spectator

97 Points | V
“Rich and deeply alluring, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva wafts up to display crushed ashen stone mixed with hints of ginger, dusty florals and black cherry preserves. This is velvety-smooth and pliant in feel, lifted by cooling herbal and mineral tones, as an opulent wave of ripe red and black fruits washes across the palate, leaving a staining of minerals and spice in its wake. It’s long and structured, in need of further time to come fully into focus, yet somehow the 2016 Riserva remains completely fresh, tapering off to inner earth tones and hints of blueberry. Time will reveal further depths. This is an utterly classic Uccelliera Brunello in the making.” - Vinous